Yesterday
- Opinion
- Review
Here are 11 of the best albums of 2023
This year’s best music features songs to make you think, laugh and dance, plus something special from one of our own.
- James Thomson and Alex Gow
This Month
See inside Michelangelo’s ‘secret’ Florence room
In 1530, when the Medici family returned to power in the city, the artist went into hiding. He spent his days drawing on the walls of his tiny refuge, and you can now view the artworks for yourself.
- Josephine McKenna
How Rachel Ward went from Vogue cover model to farmhand at 60
The actor and director has had an unexpected second act as a farmer. A new documentary follows her “bloody crusade”.
- Lauren Sams
Oh, what a knight. Art boss feted by the French
Director of the National Gallery of Victoria Tony Ellwood has been awarded the medal of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters).
- Patrick Durkin
What is ‘rizz’ - and do you have it?
The Oxford University Press word of the year for 2023 was first coined on social media - and actor Tom Holland admits he’s got no rizz.
- Melissa Twigg
November
- Christmas Gift Guide Edition 2023
- Life & Leisure
Just the ticket: the key events in Australia this summer
From the Hallelujah Chorus to Harry Connick Jr, there’s music, ballet, opera and more to kick up a song and dance about this month and into the new year.
- Michael Bailey
The great Australian artist who rose to fame in just a decade
A trip to the remote desert land known as Utopia gives a glimpse into the life of Indigenous artist Emily Kam Kngwarray, the subject of a new exhibition.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
‘Holy grail’: Rare sneakers on display at this Australian-first show
A show dedicated to the footwear phenomenon is coming to the Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts.
- Lauren Sams
How Rupert Myer says Australian business leaders are missing talent
The arts patron and philanthropic leader will challenge Rich Listers to do more to support the arts in Australia.
- Tom McIlroy
Why glass is the material of the moment in homewares
Alchemist Ben Edols has produced a series of exquisite works for Sydney interior designer Alexandra Kidd’s inaugural Prima collection.
- Stephen Todd
October
Got a spare $5m? How to renovate your Paris apartment
You think your reno is tricky? Try doing up a heritage pad in the 4th Arrondissement in lockdown. From Melbourne.
- Michael Bleby
A ‘Columbus letter’, the world’s first news release, sells for $6m
The 1493 pamphlet announcing Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the New World has a long history of being forged and stolen.
- Julia Jacobs
‘I use my paintbrush as a weapon’: Vincent Namatjira’s new exhibition
The acclaimed Indigenous artist takes aim at Empire and influence, using broad strokes of humour to skewer his targets.
- Stephen Todd
‘Wake ’em up!’ This legendary artist is coming to Melbourne
Textile creator Sheila Hicks is bringing a giant blue-hued installation Down Under for the NGV Triennial.
- John McDonald
- Opinion
- Opinion
Michael Lewis on how Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX fell
The Moneyball writer’s account is among four new books to explore cryptocurrency’s boom and bust, its characters – and the ordinary people who lost so much.
- Brooke Masters
September
Overhaul to stop the Louvre becoming a museum piece
The venue’s first female president, Laurence des Cars, wants to remind people the world’s biggest museum offers more than the Mona Lisa.
- Farah Nayeri
Gallery blockbuster is out with the new, in with the (very) old
The National Gallery of Victoria is switching from the masters of modern art to an exhibition starring Tutankhamun, Cleopatra and other Egyptian artefacts.
- Patrick Durkin
- Music
- The Buzz
How Oliver Anthony became a sudden superstar
The country singer has gone from living in a campervan to being a contender to perform at the Super Bowl within a month.
- Alister McMillan
The unlikely businessman who championed women artists
A Melbourne auction shines a light on a furniture salesman who used his own home as an art gallery.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
500 artists, 96 galleries bring art home at Sydney Contemporary fair
The Sydney Contemporary art fair being held from September 7-10 is considered “probably the most significant art happening in the country”.
- Updated
- Elizabeth Fortescue
